Border Crossing Lecture Series

"Language Learning in China- Myanmar Borderlands" by Dr. Jia Li

When
3 to 4:30 p.m., March 20, 2024
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Borderland Flyer Square

CEAS invites you to attend two talks given by Dr. Jia Li from Yunnan University, China. 

This talk focuses on the language education in Yunnan, China’s southwest province bordering Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam. Dr. Jia Li will elaborate on how language learning in the borderlands create a new space for language learners to empower their transnational mobility and life prospects, and how their empowerment is ideologically mediated by social categories and power relations. The talk discusses broader issues including educational equity, social justice, and international communication.